Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

M Siuii h s-| jY y I, JM.rx) IN ADVAXCK PEK AXXVJU. ?THK HAM) OF THK DIU^KXT SIIAI.I. HI LK." 33. . CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, S. ?C>j|L'l?S])AV, JAXl'AUY 1"17. Ot^il.KS \V. HIK< HMKIIK. I'UOI*. X l'.\l IU-.R 1 liflfKtS THE ABUSE] WILSON DOES NOT ADMIRE THE ? CRITICISM OF MILITIA , rrl NOT A DISGRACE " Presi<j?jp' I'uts Soft I'cdal on IK'Ickii tlon ?,? lio I'rcM'nt Memorial At S' tacking (he lint I it- Militia System nnd Allocating Universal Training ? Think* Miiir Restrained Atti tude ^t<>iihl | to Far Better. Presld* nt Wilson, speaking Thurs day to ft delegation from tlits Mary land L^gue for National Defense which alt n-ked the National Cuard and adv?" uted universal military training, i<buked them for their ?"un restrained language" and said they would hav?? a better chance of Inn support If i hey were more reasonable in their attitude. The m? inorial read to the presi dent by .Major Randolph Marions spoke of the National Cauard system as a ''.'disgrace" and "a failure." It urged itH univorsal compulsory mili tary training and service and men f tioned the mobilization of the Na $Jv tionai Guaiil along the .Mexican bor der as an example of the failure 01 the system. president Wilson told the dclttgu tlon that their attitude closed the opportunity for discussimv of the (juestion and was not .helpful. The prestdentiilsgussiviK the compulsory ^liliWfJ^fitfrvi^ declared that un Vipestlonably physical training was [needed and wtfuld accomplish a great deal, "but it Sun be had without com pulsory milittiry service." '?tf Ho added ' that he was desirous ol wise thing and that the subject jjyould reoeivo hift utmost consideration, lie vigorously defend- j ort being made in congress up proper military service, need to prove to you or v deep, interest^ in this Id the president. "I will to you 1 would have been BBed by this memorial it' expressed in more re- j uago. From some of $ m'tlita paper, 1 must] frankly <ils4ent. $?"*1 think ,lt due to my colleagues Oil the bill (the capitol) to say so at this offhand condemnation of the sys tem which they adopted after long debate upon the urgency of many of the leading citizens of the country; it Is the least that I can do. Ydu do not commend a cause which deserves the most serious consideration by presenting lL as you have presented It. "These things Impress me the more after what we have heard from the medical societies. Unquestiona bly physical training Is needed and j will accomplish a great deal but it j can be had without compulsory mlll i tnry service and compulsory military service does meet tho difficulties i which you have alluded to. > "Any brief service in tho army of i the United States withdraws men j from civil pursuits just as much ax the recent service on the border does. \ No service except a standing army i with professional soldiers prevents i that occasional and frequont with I drawal of mon from industrial pur , stilts. That may he inevitable but what you are proposiug does not j moet tho difficulty which you con ! domn, These tilings are of the ut most intricacy nnd difficulty and are not to be settled e\-cathedrn. "And yet, notwithstanding the fact that I think you have gone too far, I will say to you, that of course this will have my most earnest con sideration. It is receiving serious consideration with the country and we in Washington, of course share and feel the greni tides of opinion in tho United States. I nni sure that speaking, If 1 may speak, for the members of the House or Represen tatlver, and of the Senate, we are all desirous of doitu: the wis" thing for the defense of th" country, nnd it must nnd will b?> done but we must not close debate by having too dog matic an opinion a-j a met hod. "I know that you will understand tlte spirit In vhi' li I make that, pro test and this statement." CHINA AND JAPAN AGREE .Settlement Grant* Japan No l'ollee Rights in Manchuria. I)r. Wu Tlllg- fang, the Chinese foreign minister', and Huron llayashi, Japanese minister to t'hina, has ex changed Una) notes for a settlement of. tho (yhengchlai un Incident, In which Chinese and Japanese troop clashed. China has granted (It* dem:?n<> for reprimanding and punishing the responsible officoi and also iia.-? agreed to warh. Chinese soldiers against Inolvljity In t li eir treatment Of JapdUegdi She also has granted an Indemnity to the Japanese wims" case caused the incident. China mis refused Japan's tie: l.t-nda for poliee rights In Southern ,,r..n< htiria and Kasteyn InhOr Mom-. <)lia, and has dls stlon for the em ploy man Vlser* nose military Utters III the mill ondonce ltiya em 's belief that *he to maintain i>o nese settle in ts out that she Is Immediate en ontentlon tn or* rhiatun Incident OUTLAW GANG WIPED OUT THAT TERRORIZED OKLAHOMA liandlts Wliu Preyed on Country ? Hanks hit Hounded Cp and Shot to I )ca t 1 1 . Three bank robbers, niembera of a band whlcl\ bail terrorized So uthern Oklohania for six months with almost daily robberies in broad daylight, were kiled in a battle with a posse of Oklahoma deputy sheriffs and Hums detectives in Deep Pork canyon about eighteen miles southwest of Okmul gee, Okla A fouilh had been killed the day before the final battle and a fifth member of the band was wound ed and is in jail in Okmulgee. In the final fight Oscar Poe. leader of the band, and Will and Harry Hart, his chief lieutenants, were the victims. Chief of Police Mel Ho? man, of Okmulgee, was wounded in the hand. Investigation w :? s rcvoalod that every member of the original Poe gang was an ex-convict. I'oq and hf.s fellow robbers rank among the boldest bandits who have infesied Oklahoma in recent years. Their plan of operations was novel. They would ride to a bank in a small town and post sentries at the doors. Then part of the band would enter and take all ready cash. They would lock all persons (in the vault in the bank and t hull .. leave. I sually the robbers wo^f. obtain a flying start before the? imprisoned bankers were released In this way they robbed ''anka' in Alluwe, Vinita. Centralia ;j ml Marrah and carried away over one hundred thousand dollars. They were so successful that the bank in surance companies withdrew risks in some sections of Oklahoma. The pursuit of the bandits was taken up in earnest after the robbery at ilarralt. The thieves were tracked through some of the wildest regions of Oklahoma. They made their first stand at Oketnah, where one robber and a deputy sheriff were killed and a robber was wounded and captured. The pursuer^ kept up the chase until where the posse numbered ton and the bandits four. RAGSDALE, TESTIFY ~ ? ? 1 1 ?eciarefl 1'ulmetto Stat? Troops are Being; Discriminated Against, Congressman . Ragsdale . in the Htftrmr Th'tfrsda^ Attflfcked tlie policy of the secretary of war as to stale troops on the Mexican border, saying that when he (Httgsdale) called on the secretary with regard to the re turning of the South Carolina troops now there, ho could not get even the satisfaction of learning at what points the Carolinians are stationed. Representative Heflln of Alabama came to tho defense of Secretary Haker and brought In the president, saying that ho was willing to rely on their wisdom and thought that if they needed his advice about the troops they would send for him. Congressman Ragsdale thereupon convulsed the House by declaring: "i pray Hod that the South Carolina troops will not have to? stay on the border until the president sends for me." The colloquy between the Alaha mian and Carolinian was at times healed, and characterized by sharp exchanges of wit and sarcasiA. The. Republican side of the House was delighted and indulged in much ap plause, hoping to embarrass the Dem ocrats by spreading the "row." "There is no war on the border to-day," said Representative Itags dale. "Troops are being withdrawn from Mexico. If the time is come when the troops are not needed there, hasn't the time come when the regular troops can protect themselves on tlie border against the Villa band and let the stale troops come home? They should either use the troops on the border or when they have, rerved as lont' as ours have, let them com. home." WIFE BETH AYs" MURDERER Tells Police That Hiishn;id and Not Kansas Prisoner Killed Man. A wife's betrayal of her husband's confidence has just cleared Wilbiirn Van Horn after he had spent several years in the Kansas penitentiary, un der life sentence for the murder of William Morgantson in l!n>7. h'rom Tulsa, Okla., word was re ceived at the prison that Prank Km manual had- admitted that he. and not Van Horn, killed Morganson. He told his wife of his crime in a !it of anger or jealousy, and the woman informed the authorities Her story was Investigated and found to be I rue. Kmmanual later confessed to the police and said that hi< conscience had bothered him since he learned that another man was paying the penalty for his crime. lie declared that often he had been on the verge of surrendering himself. Van Horn, who was convicted on circumstantial evidence, always has maintained his innpcence. CAN'T DELIVER SHELLS Hritlsli li' vn mncnl Stops Work on \ tiierlcan Shipments. The Hritish no- . ??rn?iw?nt !i f* f>i rd |>ermis> inn to t'ie liadfields, limit ed. to proieed 1 1 It a e k on I"- ' oil tract for shells for the \merji an naw "so 1 1 1 r i v as the exigencies of war continue " The announcement in made in th<< form of an official notice |?y Dr Christopher Addison the minister of munitions, in which attention is call ed to the fact Hint the entire steel output is under Ms control. i i PLAN HARDER BLOWS ALLIES AND TEUTONS PREPARE GREAT SPRING DRIVES , NEW BlrflN THE WEST German* K xpeete<l to Strike at the French in .\lsact* While Entente Plans Worry Herlin ? Neutral Na tions are Fearful ? Switzerland mid Holland Eye Relllgerents Doubtfully. Europe's winter lias now locked the war campaigns in its it,-y grip, but in a month or six weeks the great struggle will break forth agnin with ?;Hiva_od inien. i:y. All tl; j nation concerned in the struggle are busily engaged in preparing for the spring and summer ordeal this year, for it is realized that the results obtained will K" a lung way toward bringing about tlu' final phase of the struggle. The paramount questions now are where will the big blow fall, and which side will strike first. The En tente allies have been preparing fev erishly since winter weather halted the ?rea t Somme drive. This has been no secret. RuJL it has become known only recently' that Germany, too, is preparing for a gigantic of fensive move this spring, and there is every reason to believe that von iliudenburg is planning to get it under way before the Allies are ready to strike, .ijflfyt as the Germans did at Verdun las&year. Germany's greatest concentration nf troops and guns, according to meager reports, is not along the Rus sian and Roumanian lines in the east. 1 1 indenburg's favorite field of battle! but on the west. .lust where this Herman blow is to fall is highly un certain, but there is growing evi dences tjWtt It will be against the ex treme right wing of the French line M Alsace, where, it is reported, the Germans nope to capture the very im portant fortress of Heltort, and thus outflank Vhe entire French line from Vetdwi southward. This .gut herJliBpf troona and arttl "Icry by thfrnerlhftifsC'rtf A'lsaW haJT brought the fear to Switzerland that Germany intends to violate the neu trality of that country, and addition al Swiss troops are being railed to the colors. It is pointed out that the easiest way to force the French lino in Alsace would be through Switzer land. Troops lor this new attempt in the west are even being brought from the Russian and Roumanian lines, while at least a dozen corps of re serves, a total of nearly five hundred thousand men, are being worked westward from their mobilization points in Germany. Holland, It is said, also fears for her welfare, as there has been report ed a suspicious concentration of Ger man reserves along the Dutch fron tier. Hut Berlin has seml-officially excused tlii;; by stating that England is considering violating tl.e neutral ity of Holland, a statement which has called forth strong denials from London. Germany, it is reported, has tired of winning victories and getting no where against the Russians and the Roumanians, and is planning to stake all on a terrific blow on the western front, a blow beside which Verdun and the Somme will sink in to insignificance. At the same time. i( is rumored, submarine^ will begin a destructive onslaught against Eng land mi l he sea. The Entente allien; In preparing for their soring and summer eatu ):iii:n. have let it be taken for grant ed that Ihe blow wJM fall somewhere on f':e werfern front, but HerMn '? i said, "smells a mouse," Fdovd George's rise to power in Ihe Rriiish cabinet leads to the belief in Herlin that the "energetic steps" planned by the Entente allies may be in the nature of a surprise, :md Germany, in easting her eyes about the horizon, sees danger on the frontier lines of Mollitld. Denmark and Switzerland, in Gen. Sa1 rail's army in Northern Greer e, < \>ns| a 11 1 i nor'e. and even a" far awpy i?! Asia Minor. Military experts predict that the sprint: and summer of 1 !i 1 7 will see ? he hardest and most sanguinary fighting of the entire war. Hut just where it wiP be, and whlelf of the two forces will strike first is a ?puzzle. I t! It COAST DEFENSES House Committee Reports Rig Flrtl fltaHoiis Hill, The House furl ideal lor commit lee has reported favorably a sixty- i one million dollar bill providing n' i omprcheiisi ve scheme of defease] for \ew York harbor, ei 'iil v.ixl""?n ' ill' h i?*uj !'irs for Cape Henry, f%vo sixteen ln< h gnus for Paget Sound, forty eiinht hundred thousand dollars for art elaborate aero service for "o''sl d''f' ii^e and eighty thousand I doD-iis f"y a nt I aircraft gim>< Kinplaceni'Mil are provided also tor > i:hter.|| twelve in? h long range fills whic.i rlie a r department con ' e Hi | ? !a t es placing at pensa< ol i. Port land. Me . fiosion Foi t IfancorU, i I mi Iifdaware. Galveston :.nd New : H-flford. I The roast flefense airship projee ! t ion eonteinplated the maintenance <>f one squadron each in the Philip pines ami Hawaii and completion! and maintenance of six reserve squadrons in continental I'nlted . States, each squadron getting an ap- ' pronriatlon of six hundred thousand ilf?llars. | ATTACK WILSON'S j^PEECH Semite to IHsCllMH < >I<1 {Volley of Avoiding Kntunglliig .i^Haiiccs. Ground work for the cs&ccted at tack in the Senate on President Wil son's proposal that the I'luked States join a league for peace jVas laid Thursday in a resolution introduced by Senator Itornh. reaffirming as a national policy t h ?* doctrin4hof no en tangling alliances laid down by Washington and Jeffersoni* In a long preamble the Borah res olution quotes \Y ashingtonfls declara tion in his farewell addreSs that "it must be unwise in us to.f Implicate ourselves by artificial ties," in the affairs of the old world* a letter written by Jefferson declaring that "ur lirst and f undu mental maxim should be never to entangle our selves in the broils of Rtm>pe'' and Monroe's historic niesaugH to con gress, laying down the doctrine of America for Americans. Tjc resolu tion then says: "Whereas, the policies tjhis early announced by Washington, "Jefferson :u:d Motvoo ard ever smico a d hp^ed to by this country regardless of polit ical parties, have contributed greatly to the peace and happiness of the people of the I'nlted States and. "Whereas, we oelleve any material departure from these policies would be fraught with danger to the peace and happiness of the people of the I'nlted Suites, Involving its, in all probability in the controversies of other nations; be it , "Resolved. That the Senate of the I'nited States reaffirm its faith and confidence in the permanent worth and wisdom of these policies and shall seek in all matters ctiming be fore it touching the intent, or affairs of foreign countries, to cijlform its acts to tlieh-e time honored principles so long and so happily a t.art of our own policies." TO HOLD SECRET C/^'Cl'S Republicans Confer hi Se^-et diner Sa.ys l'nrt> Has tfValnn. Republican members of the House hiive formally dropped thef policv of holding open public conferences over tPortliffen!,illUMS !,!'<1 b>' Jl vie o' T" L?, ,ifU(n "R reed to secret] caucus to harmonize dift'erenc es. The Republican conferences have hfen open over s^nce the tbo \i(tor Murdoek of Kansas. \t the Qlitset of the meeting Representative execli't i'voy ?f )WuHhinK,on "loved an bnTf h session and there was a half hour discussion that led to the1 , t,eci?ion to clear the House gal lories and proceed in seenvv Ren resentatWe Gardner of .Massachu setts and fourteen others stood out I for open sessions netmnnCT.ntatlVefUar(lnor' on whose petition the conference was held I niged his colleague? to abandon "the pohcy of strict and undeviating Con or' la t !'8 'v r n ' ' ' C ' ,mS bee" 80 ?mrk?d vn? u ' ? cxcePt during Rooso i?!f ^ term" and submitted a legislative program for the party I in i, Srni?r " '"i " uneniPJ'>y men t n. ur?n< e, old a ko insurance, a min ! 1:1,1 'v'^e r?>" women and children <d Ihlre l iU,V!r "Uy for wompn ?nd (hi Id ten uiih no overtime, coinpul disiHMe "tra,ion of a" transportation !??! ? ? compulsory military traili ng immediate preparedness the budget system and elimination of a nd ' ha rbor' act 8.C b,,"d,,,|S , iVer ' T!;e bridns are on our shle of the Mouse. Mr. Gardner said. '?Demo crats spend money like drunken sail ors but lor all that the people will etaln them In power, in *pif0 of l>?moc:ahr incompetence. if we turn ' backs on liberal legislation." ROOT PRAISES WILSON Says President 's Address (s ? ,Vn??. elation o| <?r:*i:inn,v'.; t acse. I he world pea; e nddre.es of Presi dent Wilson to the Senate wan Inter ' ','d ?'v KMbii Root I,, a speech in Washington Thnrsdav nixbf as ?n admission that there" I* no way of war except by preparation for war nin fis a denunciation of the rouse' :;,f *I,:i "y- sa'd he was in full . \mpathy with ilie purposes of nl(. vneerh. which contained "much no hie Plea Usui. Mr. Root turned also to the presi dent s suggestion that the present victory.'*' <",<l " "|H,firo wit.iout "Now I svmpnt hl/.e with tluil." lie declared, "but the pence that the! president denoiibes involves the ah-! Hol'.e desl rut t ion and nlwn.ionnie.it ? principles upon which this war wfts begun. It does not So|.J bin II does out say Belgium, but j I here !?.,? chosen head of the Ameri can people has d->, |lired the prlnci- I Pies of (he American demo- racv in I unmlnfa|{iihle terms. And every' word of thin deelnration. which | be' I llevp riily rei.rewonf ? the conscience! , , m"?* "f "i" A ?""!?!' ,in e>'o ple. denounces the sacrifice of IP! I >-li. in and Serbia and the principles "po'i Which Iliev u ere mnde " - The upeik.-r s r?lea for universal! se 1 vice hroiic'.f bis henrer? 0 tli.-l. I f?-f < 'H-ecing iitne and an il?. MANY DIE iVeaRTHO' AKr ! . - ? ? I More Thltn rh?||*nil?l Uulldl.lKs lie. I ^t ???>> e?| III Mn In y Island*. , ? 1 ' ' 1 v '"itlvr <f were killed '.nd I u -> ?Mind red *i in.j ii red in an ttaithcj take on ! 'he of Mft|| fn (|,? Mailt furchi I pelago. according to a dltipnirj) fr,Hir A insterdam to The Central News | *\Jhnv ,9an(l and factories and the native femtilis Were destroyed, t>,o *over?o?,P w as/ seriously da niaged. r t 1 FAITH IN EMPIRE LLOYD-GEORGE PLANS TO BRING THE COLONIES HOME ; TO BE PART OF BRITAIN Premier* of the Warring Dominions l j are Called to London to Sit in tin Incentive Cabinet of the Whole Cmpire ? Blood of Countless t'ol onists to Cement v nity of Islands unci llcr Colonies. I The following dispatch from Lon don was received by the Renter Tel luiam company agency in Ottawa. ! Canada: Premier David I.loyd CJeorge gave : important interview Thursday on [the subject of the forthcoming im perial war council to the London cor i cspondent of the Australian 1'nited Cable service. The prime minister I said : "1 do not wish to interfere in any way with the affairs of a great self governing dominion but we took the [ step of urgently inviting the domin iums' premiers to lead in the war council despite the fact that it might cause much inconvenience locally be cause we desired their advice ami as sistance in coming to decisions about the conduct of the war and the nego tiation of peace. "Australia knows that I am no I jingo. My record contains no jour J n^yings into flamboyant imperialism. |>et 1 regard this council as marking the beginning ot a new epoch in the history of the empire. The war ha-1 changed us. heaven knows. ii hits Lauuht us more than we yet under Inland; it has opened a new age for iiih and we want to go into that age together with our fellows overseas just as we have come through the darkness together and shed our blood and treasure together. . "The empire wslv council will deal Wltli all general questions' ai feeling the war. The prime ministers or their representatives will be tempor ary members of the war cabinet and t.w<j propose to t, r a nyo.tU.at. o 1 1 m at - tern of first rate^ importance sjfioulc? be considered at a serie.i of special meet ings, Nothing affecting the do minions. the conduct of (he war or negotiations for peace will he exclud ed from its public review. "There will, of course, be domestic questions which each part of the em pire must settle for itself ? the ques tions such as recruiting in the United Kingdom or home legislation. Such domestic matters will be our only reservation, but we propose that everything else should be. so to speak, on the table. "Will the discussion include such matter as the fate of the German col onies?" was asked. "That is one obvious question." the premier replied, "but there are many questions of equal moment. All the different problems connected with naming peace, as was stated in the government's invit* tion, will be threshed out. The war poliev of the empire will be clearly defined", and of great Importance is what I may call tlie preparation for peace. That will involve not only demobilization, but such ofter-the-war questions as the migration of our people to oilier parts of the empire; the settlement of soldiers on the land, commerce and industry." "Von have not hesitated to depart from precedent ?" "We certainly have not." answer ed the premier. "Hut in these days we cannot hesitate because we are breaking precedent-!. The empire has thrown itself heart and soul into the war and we would he failing in <mr duties ii we did not take every po.-i t";> t > ice L 'e ? dcr - ?? ?! get her from time to time. "Von do not suppose that we think j that the overseas nations can raise | and place in the fi< id armies contain-' ing an enormous proportion of their best manhood and not want to bav a say, and a real say, in determining the use to which th??y are to be put ' I hal seems to us an imposaihle and undenioc.rat ic propo it ion. "Thai is why one of Cie first acts of I he in w governue in.-t was to ii.sk the overseas premiers to come over, iic/t to a formal imperial conference but to sit in ( lie c\?*ei,;ive cabled of the empire. That is why v.e have ar ranged for a representative of India, which has rendered in aluable ser v ice to our common can . to he pres ent also." "This implies," suggest* d the cor respondent. "that the conference should meet as soon as possible." "Certainly," replied Mr I.loyd Oearge. "The war is not won "yet and we want to coie ert our < Moris so that wo may exert our max mam sirengtl at the ? ? 1 1 1. 1 ? ;> I moment K ne ther, ? i' a i e most anxious thai d it iai; the iasi and must tj\in^ phasi of the war the llrilish car. i.-e may pn :'":t ??? ' he world an ah lately unit "d front. "I'p t ' > the present the ':'itish gov rnmeni lues shouli . i od iiom.lhil i'v lor ti'e policy o' t!n? v. ? pracli eally alone. No v j! ?|,cs m know I hat i n 1 1 'i i e e a a res p i o -. * i ' i u s 'ii" war to a lini-di an- in lis imgo 1 1 a t i o i r 1 > i peace, 1 1 w ? 1 , 1 ?? * a r r v : n g out a policy agr?'< by r<pr< sensitives of the whole ci> eire." " \\ 1- at about nfi< r t b< a ? , -?> ? he was ift;k I'd "If von mra.i by f I .< t eon tituMon al recoti drncf ion," replied -he pre mler. I can only say It is loo soon to talk about 'after the war' but i can say tills; Things can never be tin same after the war ns before it Klve democrat les. all parts of one empire cannot shed their blood and treasure ESCAPED FROM OFFICER WHILE RIDING ON TRAIN i ;u it ? Knits Kr Slirritf's I\e?. 'I'.lki'v I'is tol a ml < i?*ts \ \\ a) . .'tier 1 1 1 1 n ?1 i ii k '!?>' deputy !:? riff with a double handful o: red pepper, a desperado charged with a s< riotis offense hi North Caiohna snatched the oH'icci s pistol awa> from I lie repre-cniat i \ e of t!ie law. mm the niinliirinr out of the tar. and held I ail passengers t c*r ri !???*! until lie coiihi 1 jump from the tram. according to t a< story told m Spart anbu ru hy peoj !e I who were on a Southern Kail-wiv train Thursday morning lirmi-in , Spartanburg and A*dic\il!e. N C. lieter Davis. alias Joe Dennett, alias Joe II* nson. was tried in 1> i : i combe County. N. C , about two months ago. and sentenced to s<rv two years on the chain gang. o: licers were taking him to i.r.1 he made a break for libei ty and --a. cceded in reaching South Caros.na Here he chanced to run aga n-t an officer and when sear< i.ed a piool was found on his person, the (airy ing unlawful weapons lir wa- >ei, ^enced to serve thirty day*, on the Spaitanburg chain uaiiu, and (ii.it sentence was eon, pl> led Wednesday When tli'' North Carolina a r. ;or; lies were notified t hey <1 ?-??atched 1 >eput \ Sheriif Hell to Spa ri tub ir." to secure the prisoner and hnni: b.r.. back. I'rst w arniin: of t hi- (d : i< e- ilia-1 the offender ?? as a dangerous nian Otiicer Hell -e.-,:red !:i- man aleii ten o'clock and took passage <>u ;t Southern train for Ashcvilh\ liist, seeing to it thai Davis had 1 : ? ? . v > handcuffs on his wrists. When Melrose was reachcd w I < r? 'he hi avy made hemhs on tli.- ra I road Ihe prisoner asked periui- 'or. j to visit the toilet and the officer re- j tinned the hand'uff tfom ti e 3 . - f i i band. Deputy I'.ell meanwhile sta tioned Wimself outside the door and us the train lurched around a curve on the. mountain sid<'. r miring ap pioximately live miles per hour, the prisoner stepped from the toilet and flung the red pepper in the officer's fare. Before Mr. Bell could s<?e or get bis breath Davis had snatched the officer's pistol from Ihe holster and notified every man in the car that one move meant instant death. As entered l.U?,s$r..liIs )J f e. was atso threatened and the railroad official was forced to retreat in liable from that coach. A few minutes later Davis swung from the train an I is now supposed to be at liberty in the North Carolina mountains. FOOLED BY SUB SEA CRAFT New American Submarine Mistaken! for the Dents* bland. f The recently-launched American submarine, (i-1, which has been st;1 lioned at Newport, K. I , umetly slipped her moorings Thursday and for the lirst time showed her new lines (43 marine observers on ihe wist shore of Narragnnsett Hay. The new type of submersible sub merges on an even keel after the. fashion of German undersea vessels! and when the c J - 1 came out of the! mist that had hung heaviiy over the! bay Thursday afternoon, and then took the C.erman dive shore watcher;] who bad picked up the craft at a dis-1 lance of four miles, thought they had sighted the Cti-rmau merchant sub marine Deutschland. inbound for New London. Conn. Later, when lie ' ( I - 1 tame to the surface nearer land: the American flan was seen. The submarine carried deep sea ' divers and went through a series ot , manoeuvres. with a hornism ;? ml ? I i . > -mM ? ? t" ! which h;is hoon hnyoml ;t 1 1 prals" vithnut !i 'ii v i ii sr mrimirics < ? l mm- J rail "sti i p anil ;>li wti 1<1i will im> vor il i >?. C.i. I T' pi": III III"' ' - 1 1 1 |> I" W II ll.'I'C fillip'' il ' unity iti war sm h . ? i . ? ? ?? > r c\k'"<|| In ton a ui.ity not mil;. in i i i ?- 1 ' ? r > | lull tif |iurjKiS'<'. \ ' 1 1 1 1 pr.ii'tiial in i:n dial nvi n i /a i Inn fha' v i ' 1, MM- i n I <!'> ii' t vii ? iu < tn pi i' ? diet. 'I I at i! will 1 1 1 v ? ? I \ ? ? f 1 1 1 1 ? * [ cliii in " i : c i I a i n . I l.. |ii v" I I . i all l.i tat ? in- n n' 1 Mm* n!i| (Miinitv ami I'm <1 ? inn t>' vim 1 1 . i vo ; ia il ' ti a l>< < n ' i i a < ? n i . Nt'Hls ":i 1 1 a ' |">: n l . 'i'l.i I'nr! : i i tu* war ci i it ii i I , ho >v< v< r. ? a n not ? : ? ? 1 ; with !h"S" I a t"l, i iin n t a I pc<' \.i prnlilniiis. h;.l ,t may a:i'or<l ma' in i slulit mi to Mi'' f'>rtit i In y in iv t ? U- ? - "Tl.'-'i \'<ni at'* ^ : 1 1 1 u 1 1 i i ? ? * ahnnt ? ! flit ii t'o i >! i In' c in |i i t ?? " "If wn s* ? ? ? the war Ihtintirh. I < > (ainly am. We stand at this mntmn' | nil the vi'rsf of 1 1 ? ? ? i^i'-atf t I I' -in i Hon that t lu; world lias nwr *??< n I ?lnco t Iw Kri'iiih r?-\ i?! ut i.>n S * > >ni| loll mo that |?<mi|i|i ? whn have tii.it; i ot'ot hor ami sl.iki I lil>riall\ \ I thlntx In f > i f 1 1 ? r !'? l'Vii'? iVil lil ? ? i i lion ahout are not c"i!n' '<> lit"! witi'i-' way of porpet pa I ' n l-. 'hit mii.Iv a!''! wnnl In nil ci|n,il In i| I ,i ni < | i i :i ! ili"v will Tli <?ro will he in Ii ' 1 1 i 'if: i t>i d > IVnro t e r in s w .1' in ntiK ;i In - ; i ' i ' i i 1 1 . Vfior t li#? \- ii" ii'-i I'li'lv :? r ; ? n ?/? '1 w e Khali ha \ < ? ? ? w in h a I hi n p I hit . 1 1 . . . ! ' . ?' ? !??;. m' f ' :i I <>r n i I > \\ ! i ; ? ? t . ? .?!.;%? > ? > a ; I \ fnr h ji Ilia II |)i i . < 1 1 " I ; ? ' ? ? K I *' - ??'!'! which ni 1 1 t i r i 1 ' slrnwil. 1 1 1 ? , Ini? th. >' militarism will laUe i :? Iiik nliat" in hiiihlinir that m- v ? .> th which lii"' ha\" made jo- I.v llclr mii i- 1 i Ii' ' "So. If a <? '?ntltiro lo lii*' hh| |j Iin vo small i?-ars for (lie future ami ' not llio loio.t important of (ho fonn datlons f r> r tin- work \* <> Rhnll hav#? to do toKothor In thnf future will ho thl? hiir council of the Krltish peo ples." TRY IB TAKE RIGA NEW TEUTONIC ATTEMPT TO ! I) AG RUSSIAN BALTIC PORT ? ? ! RUSSIA ADMITS LOSSES ? ? I (Kim. hiv ( ;i | ? I 1 1 1-< ? I'lii Tlion-and I I'l IvniH'i v in I- ifi-ct* linlllc I l-o/fii <.i-i ii im! ? /.I'lti Weather I H.ii<!< iiv |f|i. tin Making it strung I.IHXIuli lii Hear I'lfovui f nt I'nr I ward Mux rinent. What t i . i i <? \\ i <'i\ s a k o 1< 't ? a > 1 like j : Ik iM^.iinniL i! a nu^f |{.i-.?.an v. ; i'? - n s i \ ? 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">?: ro-iva ni l bin 1 ,r< ?? ? r: : ?>r auiii. ' .1.-1 tin >? il lulra w a 1 < h a ? I ? ) > " it ul a !,i i.i t-f a mile. ,nl : - " " i r ? - ! i - ua '. >? !>a ! ? !? > . re ? tint in nir.s1 ." i In- li?;l.- f liters ; .nil i hf. \illa-ze ni Kali.i. fin. twi-my ? i..- ami a hail' inil.'s ! rum lih.-a. It s e that i!'.'' Ku.-sians a -in ly ? i:.it ,i% m - '?<1 in 1 1 j't ; i i\ t 111 uili:!:. -ili<\- !..? i lie* ill this I't'^ittn air i lo-r.-t In I..- J III - portal)! base at Milan an ; Men ially i lus-'st to tin' fit.'t an t rmit ifr. Tlif la l'~ ?? Tii al s :> in ; ? l?o iwtt'ii Uij-a ami tin- Tt ? i t ? ? n i.nes. \ i r t ti it 1 impnss. '.!>!? in 1 1 : ? ? >u:n:a? r, it now is I'.rnily t:o/en and : 1; ? ? pies elil is the only season in . i. h Kl^it I'oultl lit' appro. u hed frmn ti.:.- diree tioorr Tlit' <Ii*rm?n ut fenr*t v -f li> 'his sot tor lias assumed lit*-; iiiij-um nee in all news from tin eastern front I: is mure than likely that it 1- * )???? I'urr i minor uf a ureal winter t;.m:>;ti.mi aimed at t'nrt ini: liussia t> :: t uf the war bofon* > |irinp, in ortSt-r th:;t t fio hulk of tlif Teuton military forces may hi- i' > <1 in the w t?st tor the su |ii" tlif 'f t on that theater. ,\! <>r Kdwin W. Iiayton. flic war " port of the International N'ews Ser vit't' says: "It was long an aceeptcil theory that an extemletl ufft tisive movement was Impossible in winter in northern ? li'iiates. I. ike many another old military axiom, this. too. has been disproved by the remarkable ability of the Germans and Russians to en in midwinti r in iniptn tant mH^ itaiy upei .'.i ion-; lii'.h up in thesnow 'li'.tl f'iu pat liialis or >'\fii clo.-e to t ho i;nr!lii-rn f ry.i iers of fru/t-u iius.sia. Sonthv.'f t o! !;ii :? is the meat. Tir il swamp, whli an evs* to .v?;st. -a 1 1 ! t i i ui P.lly l i t ' < ? ?? n m.i' I'he i ' I'l ina ti atlio'k 1 -adt d * ? ? *? * . i ? 1 ili. a s uainiim lasmud l-?-' * ??? 'be " a ni p a n 1 1 1. 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The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, January 30, 1917, Image 1